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Class Descriptions Free, Low Cost & Benefit Classes Be Your Own Best Valentine with Annie Hassett & Friends Sacred Circle Dance with Linda Blake Body Guided Movement with Heidi von Weiss Partner Yoga with Libby Volckening Women's Yoga & Writing: A Caribbean Retreat for Women Restorative Yoga with Lindel Hart Womancraft with Jeanie Erlbaum SafeArt Movement with Tracy Penfield <<FREE! Birthing from Within® with Katherine Golub When Fear Falls Away: Evenings with Jan Frazier Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Jeanie Erlbaum |
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Sacred Circle Dance with Linda Blake First Fridays 7:00 - 9:00 pm (Feb 5, Mar 5, Apr 2, etc.) Dance for joy, dance for fun, dance for peace, This is what Sacred Circle Dance is and more… Circle Dance includes traditional folk dances, dances from all spiritual traditions, dances to celebrate the seasons of the year and seasons of our lives. Circle Dances may be playful, meditative, lively or sweetly flowing. The dances are simple and all dances are taught. No partners are needed. |
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Healing from the Inside Out with Annie Hassett & Friends Thursdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm, Feb 4 - 25 FREE and open to all Join us for this FREE workshop offered as a community service by Annie Hassett, teacher of Tai Chi Chuan, Qigong and Inner Independence. Come get a vitality boost in the middle of winter and learn how to be your own best Valentine. Each week will center on an aspect of healing, and guest teachers will include Diana Allen, Holistic Nutitional Counselor and Jan Wiltjer, Shiastu and Reiki Master. This event is FREE and open to all: donations appreciated. For more information, contact Annie Hassett (413-774-5622). |
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Body-Guided Movement for Women with Heidi von Weiss Sundays 6 - 7:30 pm, Feb 7 - Mar 14 and May 23 - Jun 7 << FREE! Join us for one or both sessions of this unique movement group for women, and discover your own body-guided wisdom in a richly supportive environment. Through guided improvisation, relaxation, and various creative exercises, you will learn to release stress, tune in to yourself, and find and follow your own inner promptings to move in ways that are exactly right for you in the moment. Drop in anytime during either of these six-week sessions, and be guided, encouraged, and applauded to explore the wisdom of your body and enjoy the profound experience of moving from within. Free and open to all women: all levels of experience welcome. Drop in anytime! To pre-register or for more information, please leave a message for Heidi at the Women's Resource Center (413-775-0010). Body-Guided Movement is offered for FREE thanks to support from SafeArt, a non-profit organization based in Chelsea, VT, dedicated to prevention, intervention and healing of trauma and abuse through movement groups, performances, and educational workshops. |
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Partner Yoga with Libby Volckening Communicate, cooperate, and connect through partner yoga: a transformative practice for couples! Together we will learn partnered postures and provide skillful, hands-on support in ways that will deepen trust and understanding. Join us for this fun and intimate workshop! All levels welcome. Pre-registration requested. Cost is $60 per couple (or $50 if registered by Feb 6). For more information or to pre-register, contact Libby (413-834-4524 or yogalibre@yahoo.com). |
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Experience the Joy: Kirtan with Rick Roberts Experience the Joy! Join us every third Saturday for an evening of devotional chanting and meditation with live accompaniment on harmonium and drum. Chanting practice opens the heart, clears the mind and relaxes the body. When we chant in joyful communion with others, our boundaries soften allowing us to touch the joy, inner peace and bliss residing inside us all. Chanting is said to be the easy path, the escalator next to the Yogic stairway to Heaven. It requires no expertise, no membership, and no special equipment, just a willingness to open your heart and sing. For more information, or to be added to the mailing list for this event, contact Rick Roberts (413-367-9777 or Rick@PioneerValleyYoga.com). |
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Restorative Yoga with Lindel Hart Enjoy deep relaxation and an opportunity to reconnect your mind, body and spirit during 90 minutes of the most relaxing, gentle, supported poses yoga has to offer. The entire class is spent on the floor supported by bolsters, blankets and blocks. And because you'll spend 5 to 15 minutes in a pose, you have the opportunity to really settle in and feel the deep restorative properties of this practice. The studio is a silent, peaceful sanctuary allowing you to release tension, relax body and mind, and journey inward. No prior yoga experience required. For more information, contact Lindel Hart (413-768-9291 or info@hartyoga.com).
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Yoga & Writing: A Caribbean Retreat for Women Join us in March in beautiful Jamaica and immerse yourself in the natural beauty of our tropical surroundings, explore sandy beaches, and a countryside brimming with historical sites. The goal of our workshop will be to dive deep into yoga and writing, stretching both our bodies and souls -- which are often in need of such tending, especially in March! We will stay at Bromely, built on the foundation of a Spanish stone fort dating from the 16th century and perched high in the rolling, green hills of St. Ann, above the North Coast resort town of Ocho Rios. Our retreat experience will include: seven nights accommodations; tours of some of the island's highlights; lots of beach time; and delicious, home cooked meals made from fresh, local ingredients and featuring authentic Caribbean recipes. Space is limited to 10 participants. For more information or to pre-register, contact Jeanie (413-773-9744 or je88@comcast.net) or register online at www.tropicalescapes.biz. |
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Womancraft with
Jeanie Erlbaum Tap your own resources for self-healing by learning the easy and enjoyable skills of deep relaxation, visualization, and affirmation. Join us for this four-week series and take a mid-week mini-vacation. Make time for yourself, experience healthy transformation, create new positive possibilities for your life, and return to your daily life refreshed. Pre-registration with a $25 deposit by March 2 is required. For more information or to pre-register, contact Jeanie (413-773-9744 or je88@comcast.net).
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SafeArt Movement with
Tracy Penfield Explore your Inner Dance! If you are a woman who has experienced traumatic abuse of any type, at any time, this workshop is for you. Each of us has a unique movement vocabulary informed by our life experiences and our personal spirit. In this special workshop with SafeArt Founder and Director Tracy Penfield, you will be guided and supported to move as much or as little as YOU wish to discover and experience the transformative healing powers of your inner dancer. No movement experience is necessary to reap the benefits of SafeArt Movement. Women of all ages welcome. For more information or to pre-register, contact Tracy (802-685-3138 or tpenfield@safeart.org) or visit www.SafeArt.org.
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Birthing from Within® with
Katherine Golub Birthing from Within® childbirth preparation guides expecting moms and dads on an exciting journey of learning and self-discovery through which they develop skills for birthing and parenting in awareness. It is a comprehensive approach which addresses the physiological aspects of childbirth, as well as emotional, cultural, and spiritual elements. Parents’ needs and questions determine class content, and parents are supported to give birth in the way that is best for them. Birthing from Within® classes incorporate a balance of practical information, stimulating discussion, and experiential exercises. Class highlights include: . • practicing effective pain coping techniques • creating a supportive birthing environment • asking questions and making informed decisions in labor • building fathers’ and partners’ support skills and supporting them in their own process • understanding how labor works • gently pushing your baby out • giving birth in awareness during Cesarean or while using medical support • connecting with community and asking for help • welcoming, caring for, and feeding your newborn • addressing parents’ deepest questions... and much more! For more information or to pre-register, contact Katherine (413-325-7407 or katherinegolub@gmail.com) or visit www.wholefamilybirth.com.
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When Fear Falls Away Sundays 7 - 8:30 pm, March 28 & May 16, 2010 If you would like to learn about decreasing suffering and increasing awareness of the enlightened consciousness within us all, join us for these occasional informal talks with local author Jan Frazier. Until the summer of her fiftieth year, Jan Frazier lived a life typical for a well-educated, middle-class American woman. A divorced mother of two teenagers, she was making a modest living writing and teaching writing. Following a Catholic childhood in Miami in the 1960s, she had studied English in college and graduate school. In her late twenties, longing for hills and snow, she moved to New England, where she was active in the peace movement. But the inner peace she sought always eluded her. Then, in August 2003, she experienced a radical transformation of consciousness. Fear fell away from her, and she was immersed in a state of causeless joy that has never left her. While she has continued her life as writer, teacher, and mother, she has discovered it is possible to live a richly human life free of suffering. Her wish now is to communicate the truth that within every person is a pool of calm well-being that waits patiently to be stirred to life. When Fear Falls Away: The Story of a Sudden Awakening (Weiser Books, 2007) is Jan's day-by-day account of the shift in consciousness and its alteration of her life. Her poetry and prose have appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies. Her poetry collection, Greatest Hits, was published by Pudding House, and she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has been inspired by Gurumayi, Krishnamurti, and Eckhart Tolle, but the joy she lives in belongs to no particular tradition, and is available to all. For more information, contact Marilyn Hart (413-367-0054 or mhart@crocker.com) or visit Jan's website www.JanFrazierTeachings.com for future dates, times and locations. |
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Join us for this six-week program based on the UMass Medical School's program and learn simple yet powerful techniques for quieting the mind, along with support for integrating these tools into everyday life. While this course is designed for beginners, anyone who would like to deepen their current practice in a supportive group setting is welcome. Pre-registration is required. Runs Apr 13 - May 18. For more information or to pre-register, contact Jeanie (413-773-9744 or je88@comcast.net). |
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Green River Yoga
& Movement Arts, 158 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Greenfield, MA 01301
413-772-2050 or
info@GreenRiverYoga.com
Last updated 1.26.2010
